Speaker
Geon-Bo Kim
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Description
Scintillating bolometers have traditionally employed phonon and photon readout to identify particle types from the ratio of the two signals. In addition, different phonon pulse shapes of electron and nuclear recoils have been observed, but improvements in particle discrimination have been focused on improved light collection or sensitivity. Here we show that observed pulse shape differences in the phonon signals can be explained by photon self-absorption in the scintillating crystal. We will present a model for scintillating bolometers with self-absorption and a single phonon readout that significantly simplifies the detector design. It enables an optimized detector design for particle discrimination at sub-keV energies.
| Student (Ph.D., M.Sc. or B.Sc.) | N |
|---|---|
| Less than 5 years of experience since completion of Ph.D | Y |
Primary author
Geon-Bo Kim
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
